BISHOPS UPHOLSTERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04731974 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-11

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£123

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £123

Net assets shrinking

Down £61 YoY

Cash YoY

+20%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£24k

↑ 20% YoY

Net Worth

£123

↓ 33% YoY

Current Assets

£25k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£690	£946
Current assets	£25.2k	£21.2k
Cash	£24.3k	£20.3k
Net assets	£123	£184

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
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2022-08-22
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2020-08-20
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2018-09-19
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2017-09-21
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2017-07-10
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2003-04-11
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Company incorporated
As BISHOPS UPHOLSTERY LIMITED
2003-04-11
➕
SUMBLER, Theresa Ann appointed
secretary
2003-04-11
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SUMBLER, Theresa Ann appointed
director
2003-04-11
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SUMBLER, Timothy David appointed
director
2003-04-11
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RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-11
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RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Timothy David Sumbler Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Theresa Ann Sumbler Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-04-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47530 — Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores

Registered office

The Old Post Office

41-43 Market Place

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN15 3HR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SUMBLER, Theresa Ann→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-11

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Active

SUMBLER, Theresa Ann→

director · ~61y · appointed 2003-04-11

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Active

SUMBLER, Timothy David→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-04-11

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Active

RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-11 · resigned 2003-04-11

Resigned

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